Ikast is a Danish town in

Central Denmark Region The Central Denmark Region (), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid-Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform. The refo ...

(''Region Midtjylland''). It is the seat of

Ikast-Brande Municipality Ikast-Brande Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish: '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 733.69 km2 and has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Gov ...

since 2007. It was the seat of the former Ikast Municipality.

Geography

The town is situated in the middle of

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

. The town is situated 5 km from Hammerum, which is the Eastern outskirts of Herning Municipality. Ikast is situated 28 km from Silkeborg, and 69 km away from Aarhus.

Demography

As of 1 January 2024, the population of the town is 16,535.BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density
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Statistics Denmark Statistics Denmark () is a Danish governmental organization under the Ministry of the Interior and Housing, reporting to the Minister of Economic and Internal Affairs. The organization is responsible for creating statistics on the Danish society ...

History

Up until late in the nineteenth century, Ikast was nothing more than a few buildings surrounding the church. During industrialization, Ikast established a strong presence in Denmark as one of the main towns for the textile industry, which was the main industry in the area until the start of globalization, where production jobs were outsourced. The opening of the

railway line Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road ...

in the 1850s led to an increase in population, as the existing part of town surrounding the church, and the new part of town, built around the

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

, grew into each other. The church was originally a Romanesque church, built in the 13th century. The old church burned down in 1904, and was rebuilt into the new church, which was finished in 1907. The church was expanded several times, with the latest expansion happening in 2005.

Notable people

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* Emilie Andersen (1895 in Grødde, Ikast – 1970) a Danish historian and archivist. *

Bo Skovhus Bo Skovhus (born 22 May 1962 in Ikast, Denmark) is a Danish opera singer (baritone). Skovhus studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, at the Royal Academy for Opera of Copenhagen and in New York with Oren Brown. While studying vo ...

(born 1962 in Ikast) a Danish baritone opera singer IMDb Database
retrieved 23 May 2020 *

Kurt Aust Kurt Aust is a pseudonym for Kurt Østergaard (born 6 December 1955 in Ikast, Denmark), a Danish-Norwegian author and freelance writer. Østergaard trained as a teacher. He has been living in Horten in Norway since 1982. Østergaard debuted us ...

(born 1955 in Ikast) pen name of ''Kurt Østergaard'', an author and freelance writer

Sport

Jens Reno Møller Jens Reno Møller (born 14 January 1971) is a Danish racing driver currently competing in the Le Mans Cup. Having previously competed in the Danish Touringcar Championship, European Touring Car Cup and Le Mans Series amongst others. Racing car ...

(born 1971 in Ikast) is a Danish racing driver *

Peder Nissen Peder Nissen (born 22 December 1976) was a former Danish badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, ...

(born 1976 in Ikast) a former badminton player, twice Danish National champion *

Pernille Harder Pernille Mosegaard Harder (born 15 November 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Denmark national team. In September 2020, she became the w ...

(born 1992 in Ikast) a Danish professional footballer, named in 2018 as Europe's best female footballer *

Jens Martin Gammelby Jens Martin Gammelby (; born 5 February 1995) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Danish Superliga club Silkeborg. Club career Silkeborg Born in Ikast, Denmark, Gammelby is a youth product from Silkeborg. He joined ...

(born 1995 in Ikast) a Danish footballer, who plays for

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

Lasse Mølhede Lasse Mølhede (born 25 October 1993) is a Danish badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tourname ...

(born 1995 in Ikast) a Danish badminton player *

Line Skak Line Skak Lindegaard Nielsen (born 6 April 1997) is a Danish handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt pl ...

(born 1997 in Ikast) a Danish handball player who currently plays for

TTH Holstebro TTH Holstebro is a men's handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. The team is playing in the Danish Primo Tours Ligaen and play their home matches in Gråkjær Arena. History The club was founded on 1 May 2000, when Holstebro Håndbold 90 a ...

Simon Birch ''Simon Birch'' is a 1998 American comedy-drama film loosely based on the 1989 novel '' A Prayer for Owen Meany'' by John Irving and written for the screen and directed by Mark Steven Johnson in his directorial debut. The film stars Ian Micha ...

(born 2007 in Ikast) a Danish racing driver

References

External links

Website of Ikast
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